FOA Guide Table
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FOA
Guide - Table of Contents

This is the FOA's Guide To Fiber Optics & Premises
Cabling. It includes almost a thousand pages of materials
created by the FOA covering the basics to advanced topics on
fiber optics and premises cabling.The goal of this website is
educating students, users, designers, installers or anyone
interested in the subject of fiber and cabling for
communications systems.

NECA/FOA-301
Fiber Optic Installation Standard -
- Updated 2017
The FOA and NECA wrote this ANSI standard (American
National Standard) covering the installation of fiber
optic cable plants. Available for free downloads for FOA
members or for purchase from NECA. More.

Installation
of FO Cable PlantsSee
the Components Section for
installation processes for fiber optic cable plant
components and the Testing
Section
for more information on how installed cable plants are
tested.

The
FOA has more than 100 videos on YouTube, including Lecture
Series on Fiber Optics and Premises Cabling, Hands-On
lectures on both and some other informational and
instructional videos. For all the videos, go
to the FOA Channel "thefoainc" or use the direct
links below.

Below is a list of the current lectures and hands-on
videos. We're looking for ideas for topics for future
lectures. Send your ideas to <info@thefoa.org>.

Fiber U® - "Fiber University" Online Training
Fiber U is the FOA website with free online self-study
programs, Fiber
U self-study programs cover most of the topics here
and allows you to test your comprehension of the subject
at the end of each section. For most programs, after you
complete the self-study part you can take an online quiz
and get a certificate of completion.

FOA has textbooks on Fiber Optics, Premises Cabling, OSP
Fiber Optics and OSP Construction.
All are self-published by FOA and available at very
reasonable costs.
Available printed or eBooks on the Amazon Kindle or
Apple iPad/iPhone. Click on each book for details. The "Fiber
Optics" book is available in Spanish and French.

NECA/FOA-301 Fiber Optic Installation Standard -
Just Updated
The FOA and NECA wrote this ANSI standard (American
National Standard) covering the installation of fiber
optic cable plants. Available for free downloads for FOA
members or for purchase from NECA. More.

FOA iPad Self-Study/Reference App The FOA has
just released its first APP for the iPad, a self-study
version of the FOA Reference Guide to Fiber Optics.
The FOA APP builds on the FOA basic fiber optic textbook
to create an interactive learning environment that builds
on the iBook electronic version of the book to add a guide
to use for self-study and real-time testing that provides
feedback on what you have learned and correct answers to
questions answered incorrectly.
The FOA APP is priced at only $9.99, same as the iBook, so
the self-study program is free. Download it from the Apple
APP Store with your iPad or iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/foa-guide/id434354283?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

FOA LossCalc App (NEW & FREE) FOA
LossCalc estimates the optical loss of a fiber optic link.
This will save time for the installer of a fiber optic
link needing to know whether test results are reasonable
and/or make a "pass/fail" determination. It can also help
the designer of a link to determine if communications
equipment will operate over this link.
By choosing the type of link (singlemode or multimode) and
specifying the length of the fiber and numbers of
connections and splices, it will calculate the end to end
loss of the link. The app has default specifications for
singlemode and multimode links or the user may create
custom setups with specifications appropriate for any
application. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/foa-losscalc/id476262894?mt=8&ls=1

Getting Started Guides

These
two guides are simple introductions to the subjects. They
will explain the applications, jargon, components and
installation in a quick overview.

Teachers in all grades can introduce their students to
fiber optic technology with some simple demonstrations.
FOA has created a page for
STEM or STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts
and math) teachers with materials appropriate to their
classes. Fiber
Optic Resources For Teachers.

This is the FOA's Guide To Fiber Optics & Premises
Cabling. It includes almost a thousand pages of materials
created by the FOA covering the basics to advanced topics
on fiber optics and premises cabling.The goal of this
website is educating students, users, designers,
installers or anyone interested in the subject of fiber
and cabling for communications systems.

The Guide is intended to be used as reference material for
those working in the industry, studying for FOA
Certifications, teaching fiber optic training classes or
giving refresher tutorials for FOA CFOTs. It includes what
is essentially an online version of the FOA textbooks that
you can also purchase a printed or ebook version. Books

Disclaimer: This
information is provided by The Fiber Optic
Association, Inc. as a benefit to those interested
in teaching, designing, manufacturing, selling,
installing or using fiber optic communications
systems or networks. It is intended to be used as an
overview and/or basic guidelines and in no way
should be considered to be complete or
comprehensive. These guidelines are strictly the
opinion of the FOA and the reader is expected to use
them as a basis for learning, as a reference and for
creating their own documentation, project
specifications, etc. Those working with fiber optics
in the classroom, laboratory or field should follow
all safety rules carefully. The FOA assumes no
liability for the use of any of this material.

There is a tremendous amount of information on this
website, so finding things can be a challenge. Here are
some guidelines to make it easier.

If you want to look for a subject like standards,
components or testing, go directly to the Table
of Contents.

Some
links are simple documents as webpages or PDF files
formatted for printing, some are videos on YouTube and
some are online PowerPoint presentations.

Unmarked links are webpages

The links marked (TT) are FOA Tech Topics From The FOA
website.

Links marked with the "YouTube" logo take you to the
isted video on the FOA YouTube channel "thefoainc".

The links marked VHO are "virtual hands-on" online
PowerPoint presentations that provide a tutorial
showing actual installation practices in a
step-by-step process designed to lead the reader
through a hands-on procedure exactly as it would be
performed in the real world. VHO tutorials do not work
well with portable web devices like Smartphones.

The links marked (Tutorial) are online PowerPoint
presentations that provide a tutorial on the subject.
Tutorials do not work well with portable web devices
like Smartphones.

All links open in new windows, so you can close that
window and return to the Table of Contents.

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